Periodontal Assessment of a Bariatric Care Population, Clinical, Genetic and Microbiological Characteristics. A Cross-sectional Study.
Our primary aim is to investigate the prevalence and severity of Periodonotal Disease (PD) in a population of obese patients. Our secondary objectives are to: Investigate inflammatory biomarkers that have been associated with PD in the saliva of obese patients. Investigate the association of FTO gene (Obesity) polymorphisms with the prevalence of PD in this population. Investigate and describe the subgingival microbial flora in obese patients with PD from subgingival dental plaque samples as well as the salivary samples.
⁃ Each subject must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to be enrolled in the study:
• Subject must be over 18 years of age.
• Subject must have a BMI of higher or equal to 30 kg/ m2
• Subject must have voluntarily given written informed consent.